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ABC revives Pan Am in 1960s glory

Image from the new ABC show 'Pan Am,' about the iconic airline in the 1960s. (ABC/BOB D'AMICO) | Click picture for photo gallery of the show and flight-attendant fashions.

Call it mile-high “Mad Men.”

ABC will debut “Pan Am” this fall, invoking the salad days of glamorous air travel and the iconic former airline and capitalizing on the 1960s nostalgia that AMC’s show about Madison Avenue ad agencies created.

“Passion, jealousy and espionage… They do it all — and they do it at 30,000 feet,” ABC gushed in describing its new offering.

The style of the 1960s, the energy and excitement of the Jet Age and a drama full of sexy entanglements deliciously mesh in this thrilling and highly-original new series.

In this modern world, air travel represents the height of luxury and Pan Am is the biggest name in the business. The planes are glamorous, the pilots are rock stars and the stewardesses are the most desirable women in the world. Not only are these flyboys and girls young and good looking, but to represent Pan Am they also have to be educated, cultured and refined. They’re trained to handle everything from in-air emergencies to unwanted advances — all without rumpling their pristine uniforms or mussing their hair.

The show features Christina Ricci as a “rebellious bohemian (who) turns into a buttoned up professional for work so she can see the world” and Jonah Lotan as a “a cocky, charismatic and ambitious new pilot — the first of a new breed not trained in the war.”

Seattle’s Museum of Flight is featuring this and other eras of air travel through the lens of flight attendant fashion in its second “Style in the Aisle” exhibit. Although the exhibit is scheduled to end May 30, it could make a third run if “Pan Am” reheats interest, Museum of Flight Senior Curator Dan Hagedorn told the L.A. Times this week.

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